Principal Cloud Engineer Azure

We are seeking an enthusiastic, passionate professional for a Principal Cloud Engineer position with 8+ years of experience in multiple large scale Azure enterprise environments. We are looking for technology leaders and change drivers type of talent. BMO’s cloud strategy is focused on innovation, leveraging emerging cloud native services to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our customers. BMO Cloud Engineering team is leading the way at a Bank where our Purpose is Growing the Good and Being Bold. We demonstrate those values every day. Be part of the action – where we have challenging discussions about how to align those customer requirements to the right cloud architectures and services.  Help evolve the BMO’s core cloud platform, leveraging emerging best practices and tools, securely connected to our strategic suppliers, providing a platform for innovation to an entire Bank. 

Responsibilities: 

Lead cloud architecture and design 

• Define and implement scalable, secure, and highly available Azure solutions 

• Establish architecture patterns, standards, and best practices across teams 

Own end-to-end delivery 

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture designs 

• Drive solution implementation from concept to production 

Cloud platform engineering & automation 

• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules using Terraform 

• Build reusable modules, landing zones, and enterprise-scale Azure environments 

DevOps & CI/CD leadership 

• Design, implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) 

• Drive automation-first culture and continuous improvement 

Security, governance, and compliance 

• Implement Azure security best practices (Zero Trust, RBAC, Defender for Cloud) 

• Define and implement governance and policies framework 

• Ensure compliance with regulatory and enterprise standards 

Performance, reliability, and cost optimization 

• Architect for resilience (HA/DR strategies, multi-region designs) 

• Monitor and optimize workload performance and Azure spend (FinOps practices) 

Mentorship and technical leadership 

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and lead technical direction across projects 

• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions